Bosom-board for ironing-machines.



W. E. ANDRBB.

BOSOM BOARD FOR IRONING MAGHINES. ArPLIoA'xIoN mmm nov. 2. ma.

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W. E. ANDREE.

BOSOM BOARD POR IRONING MACH-INES.

APIELIOATIONPILED NGVZ, 1905.

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view, the bosom-holding mechanismv being shown as lon the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 some parts being omitted to permit the clamping blocks to swing against`the end UNITED STATES' PATENE'OEEIOE.

WILLIAM E. ANDREE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR, RY MEsNE AssIGNMENTs, 'Io THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY MACHINERY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CORPORATION Or NEW JERSEY.

Application filed November 2,

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. ANDRE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BOsom-Boards for Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,l forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to bosom boards or ironing tables adapted for use in connection with ironing Inachines of thetype shown in my .pending application Serial No. 262,562, filed May 27, 1905; and itsl object is to simplify and improve the mechanism for securing a shirt bosom upon the board.

The invention consists in the device as hereinafter described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the board, its shield being shown in longitudinal section; Fig. 2 is a plan retracted and some of the parts being -shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a plan view, the bosom-holding mechanism being shown as closed; Fig. 4 is a transverse section avoid confusion; and Figs. 5 and 6 are details of certain parts of the neck and shoulder clamping devices.

The board is shown as provided with a substantial base 10, taking the form of a saddle 11 adapted to ride upon a carrying arm 12 of the ironing machine. The board 13 is, as usual, provided with a cover 14, in the present instance being clamped thereto by means of a band 15. A semi-circular plate 16 is secured at one end of the board and has an upstanding flange or band 17 over which the neckband of a shirt may be drawn.

A pair of spreading arms 18, 19, are mounted below the boa-rd, each being provided with an upstanding stud 20, 21, at its outer end for projecting into the neckband of the shirt, these arms being arranged to move so as to stretch the band transversely. A pair of clamping blocks 22, 23, are mounted upon swinging arms 24, 25, pivoted to the base 10 or, preferably as shown, to a bracket 26 projecting from the end of the base so as to of the board, as shown in Fig'. 3. A pair of clampin jaws'27, 28, are mounted at the opposite end of the board, and are openable to receive the skirt of the garment and movable away from the board to stretch it. The neck-engaging band 17 is centrally recessed, as shown at 29, for the engagement of a button inserted in the front of the neckband of the shirt. A binding plate 30, carried by a swinging arm 31 pivoted tothe board or to the extension bracket 26 thereof, isadapted to fold over upon the neck-engaging band and has a BOSOM-BOARD FOR IRONING-IVLACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

depending flange 32 for clamping the neckband e shirt thereto, this flange being recessed, i

Patented Oct. 22, 19,07.

1905. Serial No. 285,594,

band 17, and has a forwardly projecting bill 35 at its upper end.

The plate 30 is slotted, as'shown. at 36, to receive the post 34, and after being thrown over upon the neckengaging band the plate is drawn backwardly to bring it under the bill 35, thereby locking it in position. This retraction of the plate 30 is accomplished by means of an eccentric 37, carried by the arm 3l and upon which the arm 30 is pivoted, the eccentric being provided with a handle 38 by means of which it -may be turned.- The arm 31 or the bracket 26 may be slightly flexible and elastic so as to yield to the action of the eccentric should the parts not be accurately proportioned. The arm 31 is preferably provided at its lower end with a pair of laterally projecting feet 39, 40, so disposed as to allow it but a limited range of movement upon its pivot.

The rods 18, 19, slide in suitable'clips 41, 42, sccured to the under side of the board 13, and are curved so that as they are advanced the studs 20, 2l are spread relatively. Each of the rods 18, 19, carries a coiled advancing spring 43, and the rods are retracted by means of a'sliding cam 44, acting upon a crank-arm 45, fixed to a shaft 46 journaled in-the base of the device Aand carrying crank-arms 47, each of which is connected by means of a link 48 with one of the rods.

The clamping blocks 22, 23 are controlled by means of a shaft 49, journaled in the base 10 and having a hand-crank 50 and crank-arm 51, the latter being connected by means of alink 52 with a cross-bar 53, uniting the arms 24, 25. In Order that the blocks 22, 23 may engage the garment with a yielding pressure, the link 52 is connected with the cross-arm 53 by means of a spring 54 housed within a box 55, secured to the cross-arm, and through which the link slides, the spring being coiled about the linkand reacting between the forward end of the box and a nut 56 on the end of the link.

The clamping jaws 27, 28 are mounted on rods 57, 58, sliding in clips 59, 60, secured to the under side of the board, the outer jaw 28 being fixed upon the ends F of the rods and the inner jaw'27 being slidable upon the rods and advanced towards its companion by means of springs 61, 62, coiled about the rods 57, 58, and reacting between the jaw and bosses 63, 64, mounted upon the rods. Preferably the garment is secured between the jaws by means of a bar 65, the garment being first laid across the jaws when open and the bar being inserted to fold it between them and being secured between the jaws, as shown in Fig. The rods v57, 58, also carry springs 66, 67, reacting'between suitable bosses 68, 69, on the rods and the inner clips 59,

t and sewing to extend the rods for the purpose of stretching the garment when secured between the clamping jaws. These clamping jaws are controlled by means oi' a cam 70, acting upon a bell-crank 7l, which is connected by means of a link 72 with the inner jaw 27.

The two cams 44 and 70 are preferably formed on a slide-block 73, ruiming on suitable ways 74, as shown comprising a ribformed on the base of the device, -the block having a longitudinal slot through which there is set into the side of the base a headed bolt 8O for retaining the block in its place on the rib. The carnblock is controlled by means of a hand lever 75, fixed upon a shalt 76 journaled in the base and having a crank arm 77, attached by means of a link 7S to the Slide-block.

The cams and the crank-arms coperating therewith are so disposed that when the lever 75 is brought to an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, the rods 18, 19, are retracted and the clamping jaws 27 28, are drawn in towards the end of the board and are separated.

In mounting a garment upon the board the neck-- band is lirst adjusted to the band 17, when the studs 20, 2l, are spread to stretch it, by throwing the hand lever 75 a short distance to the left, thereby movingA the earn-block 73 to the right and allowing the crankarm 45 to slide down the inclined cam 44, permitting the springs 43 to expand. The plate 30 is now adjusted in position and the clamping blocks 22, 23, are advanced to grip the shoulders of the garment.

The skirt ot' the garment being spread over the clamping jaws 27, 28, the bar G5 is applied to force it between the jaws, and the hand lever 75 being now moved still farther to the leit the bell-crank 71 slides down the inclined cam face 70, first permitting the jaw 27 to advance to grip the'garrncnt and then allowing thepair of jaws to be extended under the influence of the springs 66, 67, to stretch the garment. The springs 6] and 62 should be of slightly greater` tension than the springs 66, 67, so that the latter are the first to compress but last to expand.

The cams 44 and 70 are so related that the former is brought into action to relieve the springs 43 before the latter relieves the springs of the clamping jaws. The board is provided with the usual shield or tray 79 to prevent the sleeves and skirt of the l garment from hanging down and becoming soiled by the machinery.

I claim as my invention- 1. In combination, an irdning bpard having a neckband engaging liange, a' pair ot ,spring-advanced reciprocable :ods mounted below theboarffto move in diverging paths, each rod carrying a. neck-band engaging stud, and means for reti-actingw the rods.

2. In combination; anironing board having a neckhand engaging flange, a pair of spring-advanced reciproeable rods mounted below the board to move in diverging paths, eachrod carrying a neckband engaging stud, a rocking` crank-shaft, and link connection between the rods and crank shaft.

3. In an ironing board, in combination, a board having a neckband engaging flange, a pair of studs arranged to enter a neckband when engaged by the flange, a pair of oppositely curved spring-advanced slidable rods carrying the studs, a crank shaft, connections between two of the cranks of the shaft and the arms, and a cam acting on one of the cranks of the shaft to rock. the shaft in opposition to the rod springs.

4. In an ironing board, in combination. a board having a neckband engaging flange, means independent of the flange, for stetehing a neckband when engaged thereby, and clamping blocks movable into engagement with the end of the board.

5. In an ironing board, in combination, a board having a ncckband engaging flange, means independent oi the flange, for stretching a neckband when engaged thereby, and clamping blocks yicldingly'engaging the end of the board.

6. In an ironing board, in combination, a board having a neckband engaging flange, means for stretching a neckband when engaged by the flange, oscillatable clamping blocks movable against the end of the board, a crank shaft, and link connection between the shaft and the blocks.

'4'. In an ironing board, in combination, a board having a ncckband engaging ange, means independent of the flange, for stretching a neckband when engaged by the flange, oscillatable clamping blocks movable against the end of the board, a crank shaft, and link yieldingly connecting,r the crank of the shaft with the blocks.

8. In an ironing board, in combination, a-board, springadvanced spreading studs for engaging the neckband ot a garment, spring-extended clamping jaws movable towards and away from the board, a rocking crank shaft operativelj7 connected with the studs, a rocking crank shaft operatively connected with the jaws, a double cam for actuating,r the rocking shafts successively, a crank shaft, connection between the crank of such last-named shaft and the cam, and a hand lever mounted on the last-named shaft.

WILLIAM E. ANDRE.

Witnesses Louis K. GILLSON, CimnLns B. GILLsoN. 

